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The Ancient Fertile Crescent Area The Middle East: “The Cradle of Civilization” Nicknamed “Fertile Crescent”

Sumerians – first people to live in Mesopotamia in civilizations

Sumerian Religion - Polytheistic Enki Innana Gods and Goddesses usually had human and animal qualities

Mesopotamian Trade “The Cuneiform World”

Cuneiform: The First Writing System “Wedge-Shaped” Writing Cuneiform: The First Writing System “Wedge-Shaped” Writing

Cuneiform Writing

Deciphering Cuneiform

Sumerian Scribes – the writers of society “Tablet House”

Sumerian Cylinder Seals

Gilgamesh

Gilgamesh Epic Tablet: Flood Story

Ziggurat at Ur  Temple  “Mountain of the Gods”  Temple  “Mountain of the Gods”

The Royal Standard of Ur

Mesopotamian Harp

Board Game From Ur

Sophisticated Metallurgy Skills at Ur

Sargon of Akkad: The World’s First Empire [Akkadians]

The Babylonian Empires

Hammurabi’s [r B. C. E.] Code

Hammurabi, the Judge

Babylonian Math

Babylonian Numbers